MAJOR UPDATE: EXPLORE MODE

Explore mode puts you in control of your ATC experience. Tap on the map to move around, or tap on an aircraft to follow it. Following an aircraft means you’ll always be tuned to the right channel, even as the aircraft is handed off to a new controller.

+ AutoSwitch
Stay on the right channel for the aircraft you’re following, automatically — it’s handled for you.

+ Flight Summaries
Stay up-to-date on the aircraft you’re following with a short, one-sentence summary of what the pilots are discussing with the controllers.

+ Flight Information
See origin, destination, speed, and altitude for a flight.

+ Quick Transcript Access
View an aircraft’s historical audio transmissions with a tap.

ALSO IN THIS RELEASE

+ Improved Airport Live Summaries
Now highlighting airports with interesting traffic, updated every 15 minutes.

NEW AIRPORTS

• DCA - Washington Reagan
• EWR - Newark
• CLT - Charlotte
• HWO - North Perry
• TMB - Miami Executive
• HYI - San Marcos

NEW, IMPROVED MAP
Now you can enjoy more realistic aircraft icons on the map, and airline logos along with the callsign labels. The map now handles animations and camera tracking more smoothly.

NEW AIRPORTS
• HNL - Honolulu, HI
• PIE - St. Pete, FL
• TPA - Tampa, FL
• SDL - Scottsdale, AZ
• CMA - Camarillo, CA

ALSO
• Improved handling of slow internet connections
• Small improvements to the audio waveform
• Fixed a bug where ADS-B would disappear intermittently
• Some other changes too small to mention here

A few small updates to improve the app!

We’ve updated the home feed! Now you can easily see the most popular and busy airports to listen to live, with notes on what’s happening now. Further down the feed, you can now find funny events, sorted in their own “Banter” section.

By popular request, you can now share events with your friends. If your friend has the ATC app, they can view the event in the app. If they don’t have ATC yet, they’ll be able to download it easily.

You’ll also see rain and snow effects on the map at airports experiencing bad weather. (If realism isn’t your thing, you can always turn this off in map settings.)

NEW AIRPORTS:
• SDF - Louisville International
• LOU - Bowman Field (in Louisville as well)

MORE:
• App reacts faster
• A more beautiful audio waveform in the Live view
• Added “graying out” of events you’ve already seen
• File names for audio file downloads are now more detailed
• Some small tooltips to help out new users
• Added frosted glass effect to some buttons and controls
• Better handling of “quiet” airports
• A number of other improvements too small to mention here

Bug fixes.

Aircraft Search (Beta) is here!

AIRCRAFT SEARCH
Search for your favorite aircraft to find out which frequency it’s on, or to listen to its historical communications. Try searching by callsign (such as DAL785), or for a registration number (such as N535DN) to scroll back in time. This feature is still experimental, so we’d love your feedback.

EVENT SEARCH
Now you can search for an event you're looking for in plain english. It's smart enough to know which event you're talking about.

GLOBAL AIRPORT SEARCH
Preparing for our expanding network, we now support global airport search for the largest non-US airports.

NEW AIRPORTS
• IAH - Houston’s biggest airport
• PHX - “America's Friendliest Airport”
• MKE - Milwaukee
• CXO - Conroe, TX is back

OTHER UPDATES
• Live transcripts animate more smoothly
• Stability improvements to the map
• Regional updates for international users
• A few other fixes not worth mentioning here

LISTEN WHILE YOU CHILL
By most popular request, you can now keep playing audio in the background, even with your phone closed or while using another app.

OTHER UPDATES
• Performance improvements to make things snappier
• We’ve made it easier to send us an email
• Bookmarks have moved to the settings page
• Added a few helpful tooltips
• More beautiful loading animations
• Screen will stay bright for longer

ATC just got better!

BOOKMARKS
Now you can bookmark interesting events or recordings to save them for later. You have the option to give each bookmark a custom title, or you can use the default one.

NEW AIRPORTS ADDED
We’ve added 4 new airports this week:
• BUR - Burbank's Bob Hope Airport
• DTW - Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport
• APF - Naples Municipal Airport
• GKY - Arlington Municipal Airport

QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS
• More email app options when messaging us
• A more beautiful home screen
• Channel names have been improved to make more sense
• We’ve added a few small tooltips to reduce confusion
• A few other things too boring to mention here

We've added the option to apply to host a receiver to help expand the network. Also, we made the app faster and slightly more beautiful. Enjoy.